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  • Leading with Purpose: A Recipe for Excellence in Specialized Health Care 

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    In health care, the stakes are never abstract. Every decision we make echoes in the lives of patients, families, and the communities we serve. My work as a surgeon has taught me as much about leadership as any management role. In both surgery and leadership, I’ve had to make complex decisions, face unexpected challenges, and adapt in real time — the parallels are striking. As the medical director of Balgrist University Hospital, I have had the privilege, and the burden, of guiding our institution through periods of rapid growth, intense challenge, and transformative achievement.  

    My leadership credo is simple: Strive for excellence. It has been anchored in four principles, or “my recipe for achieving excellence”:  

    1. Define a clear vision  
    1. Build a nourishing environment
    1. Ensure you have the right people  
    1. Open your doors to collaboration 

    These “ingredients” might seem simple, but their true power lies in how they are lived out daily.  

    Before diving into the characteristics of the four principles, we should ask ourselves why? Why should a hospital strive for excellence? Simply because we want the patients to be treated the very same way we would want to be treated ourselves. That’s the only way a hospital can resist all storms, in a sustainable way. 

    Ingredient 1: Define One Very Clear Goal 

    For me, leadership has never been about me as an individual. It’s the credo that leads — a set of values stronger and more enduring than any single person. That’s what sustains a culture over the long term. 

    Therefore, when aiming for excellence, everyone must also work toward the same goal. It must be clear, noble, and widely respected. Once defined, the goal, not the leader, guides decisions. Leaders ensure understanding, model behavior, and align all actions with it. 

    Our goal at Balgrist University Hospital is simple: Treat patients as we wish to be treated. This shapes everything from knocking respectfully before entering a room to making complex medical choices with empathy. It guides research toward patient needs rather than just academic metrics, and it drives us to take on regulatory burdens when innovations may help future patients. 

    This vision became our compass for all strategy, from research investments to recruitment. As a specialized university hospital, focus is vital. Our niche allows unmatched depth but demands discipline, resisting distractions that dilute our mission. 

    Ingredient 2: Build a Nourishing Environment 

    Vision inspires, but without the right environment, progress stalls. Leadership means ensuring that both culture and structure support the mission. 

    Culturally, we value mutual respect and a shared patient-first commitment. Organizational clarity is equally important. Everyone knows their role, responsibilities and how their work connects to our mission. Clear reporting lines and streamlined communication enable swift and accurate decisions. Departments operate with transparent goals and accountability, empowering decisive action and efficient collaboration. 

    Our clinical structure centers on specialized units such as the Spinal Cord Injury Center, the University Spine Center, the University Foot Center, and the University Center for Prevention and Sports in Medicine, which unite multidisciplinary teams and give clinicians more time for patients. In research, the new Clinical Trial Unit Balgrist accelerates clinical experiments by supporting physician scientists. 

    We invested in modern tools, digital records, integrated patient pathways and well-designed team workspaces.  

    Our mission includes shaping the future of musculoskeletal care, so robust infrastructure is essential. 

    Balgrist University Hospital hosts more than 20 research groups, from biomechanics to bone sarcoma research. Before 2015, these groups worked independently, limiting collaboration. That is why we built Balgrist Campus, a 7,000-square-meter hub with offices and shared musculoskeletal centers for imaging, biobanking and movement analysis. This boosted our output to more than 400 publications annually and enabled even faster innovation cycles. 

    To further support innovation without disrupting clinical operations, we launched the Operating Room X (OR-X) in 2023: a dedicated surgical research, education and training space with advanced technology and artificial intelligence tools. Together, Balgrist Campus and OR-X integrate basic, translational and clinical science in one location. 

    The lesson is to invest in spaces and tools that bring the right people together. Such initiatives need not be as large as a new campus or OR-X; even small measures, like shared coffee areas, can strengthen collaboration. When tailored to a hospital’s resources and executed well, these investments deliver exponential returns. 

    Ingredient 3: Have the Right People (and Get Out of Their Way) 

    The right people genuinely believe in the mission. They are not always easy to find, so we grow them ourselves.  

    For physicians, our pipeline starts with medical students, continues through residency and fellowship, and culminates in selecting top candidates as attending surgeons. This path instills our culture, standards and patient-first philosophy from the start. We especially nurture physician-scientists who are fluent in both patient care and research, who can ask the right clinical questions and bring evidence-based answers back to the bedside.  

    This dual expertise keeps us at the forefront of innovation that directly benefits patients. By the time someone becomes an attending surgeon here, they are technically excellent, mission-aligned and ready to advance medicine through research, teaching and care. This investment creates a self-renewing source of excellence for generations.  

    Our senior staff is the perfect example to illustrate our approach: Most have been here more than 10, 15, some even 20 years – and this is how we make sure the culture remains stable. 

    Ingredient 4: Open Your Doors 

    Specialized hospitals cannot thrive in isolation. Expertise grows when shared, and impact multiplies when connected. We built partnerships with universities, research institutions, industry and hospitals worldwide. 

    About 20 percent of our employees are affiliated with the University of Zurich or ETH Zurich, ensuring world-class academic integration. Partnerships give us access to pioneering research, emerging technologies and global talent. 

    We also created the Balgrist Beteiligungs AG, which supports young researchers and clinicians in bringing ideas to life. This has led to spinoffs such as Zurimed in soft tissue repair, Moving Spine in dynamic spinal stabilization, X23D in artificial intelligence surgical navigation, and AUGMEDI in three-dimensional medical education. Such ventures speed the path from concept to real-world patient impact. 

    Opening our doors also means engaging with the public through patient education, community health forums, and transparency about successes and setbacks. Trust comes not from claiming perfection but from demonstrating integrity. 

    Conclusion 

    Our journey to becoming a world leader in musculoskeletal medicine shows that leadership is about stewardship, protecting the vision, nurturing the environment, choosing the right people and staying open to the world. These principles are not sequential steps but a reinforcing cycle. 

    Excellence in health care is never final. Medical knowledge evolves, patient needs change and new challenges arise. With a vision rooted in empathy, treating patients as we wish to be treated, we are ready not just to adapt but to lead. 

    Recognition as a top CEO is an honor, but the real credit belongs to those who live this vision daily. Together, we will continue to set the standard in specialized care, not for accolades, but for the lives entrusted to us. 

    Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad is a member of the Newsweek CEO Circle, an invite-only executive community of subscribers.

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  • How many medical residents are on H-1B visas?

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    President Donald Trump announced that H-1B visa fees would increase to $100,000, a move that some social media users said could worsen U.S. physician shortages. 

    As of Sept. 21, new H-1B visa applications will require a $100,000 fee, up from $2,000 to $5,000. 

    The Trump administration said the fee is to prevent American workers from “being replaced with lower-paid foreign labor.” The H-1B visa program lets employers temporarily hire foreign workers in specialty fields.

    Several medical associations sent a Sept. 25 letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, asking for physicians and other medical personnel to be exempted from the new H-1B visa fee, because of a critical need for doctors  as the U.S. population grows. While policy experts said the proclamation allows for  exempting certain industries from the fee, the Trump administration hasn’t announced any exceptions yet.

    A doctor who also hosts a podcast posted data on X that he said showed how many medical residency spots are filled by H-1B visa holders. 

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    “This will be absolutely devastating in the medical field. ~30% residents are international medical graduates & ~10k of 43k residency spots are filled by docs with H-1B visas,” the Sept. 19 post said. “Previously the h-1B fee was <$5,000. No hospital will pay a $100k fee for a $55k resident salary.”

    Residency is the phase of physician training when recent medical school graduates participate in supervised clinical training in a healthcare facility. 

    The X post is partially accurate but leaves out important details about international students and medical residents in the U.S.

    The X post cited as evidence a 2025 National Resident Matching Program report that says approximately 30% of U.S. medical residents are international medical graduates. It’s important to note, though, that this category includes foreign graduates and U.S. citizens who graduated from international schools. The report says that of international medical graduates who obtained a spot in first-year U.S. residency programs, 3,108 were U.S. citizens and 6,653 were noncitizens.  

    It’s inaccurate that 10,000 of 43,000 resident spots are filled by H-1B visa holders. The X post cites a 2017 report that analyzed 2016 Labor Department data. This data shows how many working U.S. physicians were certified for H-1B visas. It includes all doctors, not only those in residency. (More recent Labor Department data from the last quarter of 2025, covering determinations from Oct. 1, 2024, through June 30, shows that around 9,000 physicians were certified for H-1B visas.)

    The American Medical Association says the most common visa used by medical graduates for medical residency is the J-1 visa, which is for graduate medical education or training, among other purposes. 

    The majority of H1-B visa workers have been hired in STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — occupations, with about two-thirds working in computer-related fields, according to the Congressional Research Service. 

    Nancy Nielsen, University at Buffalo senior associate dean for health policy, also confirmed to PolitiFact that the most common visa used for medical residency is the J-1 visa. She said for context, in her school, they have about 830 medical residents and only 27 are on H-1B visas.

    PolitiFact reached out to the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, a division of Intealth, which helps medical graduates with sponsorship obtain training in the U.S., and the commission said to its knowledge, no centralized data repository exists for H-1B physicians in residency.

    What is the H-1B visa program?

    The H-1B visa is available to graduates of foreign medical schools who have a license or other authorization required by the state where they’ll practice, and people who have an unrestricted license to practice medicine or have graduated from a U.S. medical school, according to the American Medical Association. 

    Prospective H-1B employers must attest that they will pay the H-1B worker the greater of the actual wage paid to similar employees or the prevailing wages for that occupation.

    The visa status is generally valid for up to three years and renewable for another three years, but can be extended if the employer sponsors the worker for permanent residency. 

    Congress caps the number of new H-1B visas at 85,000 per fiscal year, including 20,000 for noncitizens who earned a U.S. master’s degree or higher. The fiscal year 2025 cap was met in December 2024. 

    Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-of-center think tank, told PolitiFact that the H-1B visa fee must be paid by the employer, not the employee. 

    “The H-1B employees are generally not allowed to pay for the primary fees for visas and processing, they are the responsibility of the employer,” Costa said via email Sept. 24. 

    Our ruling

    An X user said that 30% of medical residents are international medical graduates and 10,000 of 43,000 medical residency spots are filled by doctors with H-1B visas.

    Data shows that approximately 30% of medical residents are international medical graduates, which includes both U.S. citizens and noncitizens. Ten thousand doctors hold H-1B visas, but that represents all physicians, not only those in residency. The American Medical Association says the most common visa used by medical graduates for medical residency is the J-1 visa. 

    The statement is partially accurate but leaves out important details. We rate it Half True. 

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  • Trump administration increasingly places immigrants in solitary confinement, report finds

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    WASHINGTON — Use of solitary confinement in immigration detention is soaring under the Trump administration, according to a report published Wednesday by Physicians for Human Rights using federal data and records obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests.

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed at least 10,588 people in solitary confinement from April 2024 to May 2025, the report found. Contributors also included experts from Harvard University’s Peeler Immigration Lab and Harvard Law School.

    The use of solitary confinement during the first four months of the current Trump administration increased each month, on average, at twice the rate found between 2018 and 2023, researchers found, and more than six times the rate during the last several months of 2024.

    “Every month from February through May, which are the full calendar months of the new administration, the number of people placed in solitary in ICE [custody] increased by 6.5%,” said Dr. Katherine Peeler, medical advisor for Physicians for Human Rights, and assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. “That was really dismaying.”

    Solitary confinement, in which detainees are held alone for at least 22 hours a day, is used in ICE detention facilities as a form of punishment or to protect certain at-risk immigrants.

    In a statement Thursday, assistant Homeland Security secretary Tricia McLaughlin said ICE prioritizes the safety and security of people in its custody.

    Detainees are placed into disciplinary segregation “only after they are found guilty by a disciplinary hearing panel,” she said.

    Any detainee scheduled for removal, release, or transfer is also placed into administrative segregation for 24 hours, she added. According to ICE’s National Detention Standards, “such segregation may be ordered for security reasons or for the orderly operation of the facility.”

    The United Nations has called solitary confinement longer than 15 consecutive days a form of torture.

    ICE defines vulnerable detainees as those with serious medical or mental health conditions, disabilities, and those who are elderly, pregnant or nursing, at risk of harm due to sexual orientation or gender identity, or victims of abuse.

    Among those categorized as vulnerable, the report states that solitary confinement lasted twice as long, on average, during the first three months of 2025 compared with the first fiscal quarter of 2022, when the agency started reporting those statistics.

    This year, vulnerable detainees spent an average of 38 consecutive days in isolation, compared with 14 days in late 2021, according to the report.

    The report notes that use of solitary confinement in immigration detention has risen “at an alarming rate” over the last decade, and that billions of dollars authorized earlier this year by Congress to expand detention will likely exacerbate the issue. It calls on the federal government to end the practice against immigrants who are detained for civil deportation proceedings, and for states and members of Congress to exercise oversight.

    Nearly 59,000 immigrants were held in ICE custody as of Sept. 7, according to TRAC, a nonpartisan data research organization.

    The researchers at Physicians for Human Rights analyzed individual cases in New England and found “systemic use of solitary confinement for arbitrary and retaliatory purposes,” such as requesting showers, sharing food or reporting sexual assault.

    In California, detainees were placed in solitary confinement 2,546 times from September 2018 to September 2023, said Arevik Avedian, a lecturer and director of empirical research services at Harvard Law School.

    Last year, ICE changed the way it reports that data. Instead of placements, in which the same person could be counted multiple times for different stints in solitary confinement, ICE now reports the number of individuals.

    In California, ICE reported that 596 people were placed in solitary confinement from April 2024 to May 2025, she said.

    During the period of 2018-2023, two California facilities ranked in the top five with the highest number of solitary confinement placements, she said — the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County, and the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego.

    This year, the data reflect ICE’s investment in Republican-led states. According to the report, facilities with the most solitary confinement stints included Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania, Montgomery Processing Center in Texas, Buffalo Service Processing Center in New York, South Texas ICE Processing Center, and Eloy Detention Center in Arizona tied with Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center.

    A previous report by the same authors found that ICE had used solitary confinement more than 14,000 times between 2018 and 2023, including one Otay Mesa detainee who was held for 759 days.

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  • CLS Health and Houston Food Bank Unite to Fight Hunger in Houston

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    CLS CARES initiative mobilizes over 50 volunteers to pack nearly 14,000 meals for seniors in need


    HOUSTON, May 19, 2025 (Newswire.com)
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    CLS Health, the Houston area’s leading physician-owned healthcare group, proudly partnered with the Houston Food Bank for a meaningful day of service on Saturday, April 26. More than 50 employee volunteers and their families gathered for the inaugural CLS CARES event – a company-wide initiative designed to strengthen community ties and give back beyond the clinic.

    In just three hours, CLS Health volunteers packed 12 pallets of food, totaling 540 boxes and providing 13,950 meals to seniors experiencing food insecurity across the Greater Houston area.

    “We were honored to be a small part of the extraordinary work the Houston Food Bank does every day,” said Dr. Mohammed J. Baba, president of CLS Health. “”Healthcare is about compassion and connection and our day of service at the Houston Food Bank is a meaningful opportunity for us to give back to a community we care deeply about.

    The event comes at a time when food insecurity remains a pressing issue in Texas. A 2024 poll by No Kid Hungry Texas found that 44% of Texans reported at least one sign of food insecurity in the past year. This included not having enough to eat, eating poor-quality meals, or cutting back due to rising costs.

    “Being part of CLS CARES reminds me why I became a physician in the first place – to care deeply, both in and out of the clinic,” said Dr. Naureen Alim, CLS Health physician and event participant.

    Volunteers spent the afternoon sorting, packing, and preparing food for distribution to seniors throughout the region-a hands-on way to make an immediate and lasting impact.

    CLS CARES is a new community engagement initiative that reflects the organization’s broader mission: to serve with compassion, build lasting relationships, and improve lives both inside and outside healthcare settings.

    “This is just the beginning,” added Dr. Baba. “Stay tuned for more community moments from CLS CARES as we continue to invest in the well-being of the neighborhoods we serve.”

    The event was held at the Houston Food Bank’s headquarters, located at 535 Portwall Street.

    To learn more about CLS Health’s physicians and services, visit cls.health.

    About CLS Health
    CLS Health is a physician-owned healthcare group with a pioneering approach to comprehensive care. With over 40 locations and more than 200 providers across the Greater Houston area, CLS Health emphasizes the satisfaction and empowerment of its physicians as a key element in delivering exceptional patient care. Learn more at cls.health.

    About Houston Food Bank
    Serving Houston and southeast Texas since 1982, Houston Food Bank’s mission is to provide food for better lives. We provide access to 140 million nutritious meals in 18 counties through our 1,600 community partners of food pantries, soup kitchens, social service providers and schools. Filling gaps on plates, we have a strong focus on healthy foods and fresh produce. In collaboration with our community, we advocate for policy change and racial equity, and promote dialogue on ways to increase access to food and to improve the lives of those in our communities, including services and connections to programs that address the root causes of hunger and are aimed at helping families achieve long-term stability: nutrition education, health management and help with securing state-funded assistance. We are a resource for individuals and families in times of hardship. Houston Food Bank works alongside our partner food banks in Montgomery County, Galveston County and Brazos Valley. Houston Food Bank is a certified member of Feeding America, the nation’s food bank network, with a four-star rating from Charity Navigator for the 13th consecutive year.

    Website houstonfoodbank.org; Social media: @houstonfoodbank (Instagram and X), @thehoustonfoodbank (Facebook)

    Source: CLS Health

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  • Local doctor to head state medical society

    Local doctor to head state medical society

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    A longtime North Shore doctor has won election as the 142nd president of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

    Hugh Taylor, of Ipswich, who has been practicing as family physician in Hamilton for 41 years, will lead the statewide professional organization of physicians and medical students for a one-year term ending in May 2025.

    Taylor has been an Massachusetts Medical Society member since 1983, and he’s a past president of the Essex South District Medical Society.

    He serves on the board of trustees of Beverly Hospital as well as Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester, where he is a past president of the medical staff.

    The 25,000-member Massachusetts Medical Society has its main offices in Waltham with regional offices in Lakeville and Wilbraham.

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  • Doctors Join Call To Regulate Intoxicating Hemp Cannabinoids | High Times

    Doctors Join Call To Regulate Intoxicating Hemp Cannabinoids | High Times

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    A professional organization of physicians who support drug policy reform is calling for the regulation of intoxicating hemp-derived cannabinoids including delta-8 THC, arguing that the safety of products containing the compound is unknown. The recommendation was recently made by Doctors for Drug Policy Reform (D4DPR), a group of healthcare professionals formerly known as Doctors for Cannabis Regulation.

    “Our stance at D4DPR is that all intoxicating cannabinoids should be subject to a regulatory framework to ensure public safety,” the group wrote in a policy paper released this month.

    In the paper, D4DPR notes that the legalization of hemp with the 2018 Farm Bill “may have inadvertently legalized the chemical conversion of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) and other phytocannabinoids (those derived directly from the plant) into intoxicating minor cannabinoids like delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (∆8-THC, also known as delta-8).” The legislation, however, did not include provisions to regulate hemp-derived cannabinoids, leading to a thriving industry of products containing intoxicating compounds that is unregulated in many jurisdictions.

    “Taking advantage of this opportunity, ∆8-THC (chemically synthesized from hemp CBD) quickly became available in various retail outlets such as gas stations, CBD shops, convenience stores, smoke shops, and online platforms,” the group notes in the paper. “Several states have now either banned or imposed regulations on its sale. However, in 22 states (as of November 2023), ∆8-THC remains legal and unregulated, with limited laboratory testing and taxation, lacking warnings about its intoxicating effects, without dosing limits, and easily accessible to minors.”

    To address the issue, D4DPR called on policymakers to develop and enact a regulatory framework for all intoxicating cannabinoids, regardless of their source. The group included several recommendations for the regulations, including a provision that would only allow the sale of intoxicating compounds by licensed dispensaries. The group also called for “appropriate taxation” to fund public health initiatives and regulatory oversight of the cannabinoid market.

    The group also recommended that sales of intoxicating cannabinoids be restricted to adults aged 21 and older. The recommendations call for intoxicating hemp products to be sold only in child-resistant packaging that does not appeal to minors, with clear labeling about the intoxicating effects of the product. Packages should also include the International Intoxication Cannabinoid Product Symbol (the silhouette of a cannabis leaf) to indicate their contents in graphic form.

    The recommendations also call for required lab testing of intoxicating cannabinoid products for purity, potency and safety, with certificates of analysis available to consumers for inspection. The group also recommended that research into the clinical safety and toxicology of minor cannabinoids be conducted, noting that many of the compounds are new to the market 

    D4DPR also recommended that regulations for intoxicating cannabinoids be aligned with those in place in states with medical marijuana or adult-use cannabis programs and that states without regulations develop them as soon as possible. The group also called for the rescheduling of cannabis at the federal level, noting that a ban on intoxicating or minor cannabinoids “will result in a continuation of the drug war, leading to negative outcomes on public health.”

    “This policy stance reflects our commitment to safeguarding public health while ensuring reasonable access to cannabis- and hemp-derived products within a responsible regulatory framework,” the D4DPR concluded in its recent policy paper.

    The policy paper from D4DPR joins a chorus of calls to regulate intoxicating cannabinoids. Last month, 21 state attorneys general sent a letter to congressional leaders asking them “to address the glaring vagueness created in the 2018 Farm Bill.” 

    “The reality is that this law has unleashed on our states a flood of products that are nothing less than a more potent form of cannabis, often in candy form that is made attractive to youth and children — with staggering levels of potency, no regulation, no oversight, and a limited capability for our offices to rein them in,” they wrote in the letter.

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  • The Rapid Response Unit, RED DOT, Is Made Up of Temporary Nursing Staff That Respond to Incidents Due to Natural Disasters, FEMA Preparations, and Other Emergencies

    The Rapid Response Unit, RED DOT, Is Made Up of Temporary Nursing Staff That Respond to Incidents Due to Natural Disasters, FEMA Preparations, and Other Emergencies

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    RED DOT nursing teams arrive within a rapid response time to augment a facility’s existing healthcare staff and assist in caring for patients until the emergency is clear and the crisis is over.

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    updated: Aug 18, 2021


    LAS VEGAS, August 18, 2021 (Newswire.com)
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    SpectrumACS, the company specializing in medical services for correctional facilities and state and county institutions, provides healthcare solutions in the form of temporary nursing staff, specialty physicians, digital radiology, and their unique rapid response unit. RED DOT, the emergency response team named from an incident where designated medical staff were identified by a red dot on their ID badge and locked down until the emergency cleared, is made up of Temporary Nurses that respond to incidents due to natural disasters, FEMA preparations, and other emergencies.

    Today viruses and civil unrest are posing a unique threat to correctional and secured facilities, forcing lock-downs for the safety of staff and inmates. But something that can never be compromised no matter the emergency is an institution’s ongoing medical care. Barry Goldstein, President of SpectrumACS notes, “Our staff are truly on the front lines in every state and facility we serve. The pandemic and civil unrest has changed and increased demand in a number of ways which has given us the opportunity to dispatch teams like RED DOT to respond to any emergency.”

    Led by SpectrumACS, a healthcare organization with more than 30 years of experience in this space, the highly specialized RED DOT team provides temporary relief nurses to psychiatric hospitals, correctional institutions, and Public Health Facilities. A RED DOT team arrives within a rapid response time and augments the facility’s existing healthcare staff to assist in caring for patients. SpectrumACS’s experienced Nurses stay inside the institution until the emergency is clear and the crisis is over. 

    By providing response teams nationwide, including travel nurses to vaccination clinics, SpectrumACS has been managing provider pools of more than 100 nurses in Colorado alone. Willette Stringer, Staffing Manager for SpectrumACS, says she’s grateful for the work that their nurses have been doing to assist Colorado with the vaccine administration. “They all take pride in the fact that they are making a difference in the fight against COVID-19 and other variants by helping to put an end to the pandemic,” Stringer says.

    About Spectrum ACS

    Under American Correctional Solutions, Inc, SpectrumACS was launched in 2013 with a singular focus on nurse staffing and registry services. Led by a team with decades of experience in healthcare staffing and recruiting, SpectrumACS provides nursing services to vaccination clinics, mental health hospitals, correctional facilities, medical centers, and Public Health Departments across the country, with operations overseen by their corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, Nevada. American Correctional Solutions, Inc. has supplied specialty medical services and staffing to county jails, and state and federal prisons for more than three decades.

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  • Doctors Open Medical Spa With Focus on Overall Wellness and Aesthetic Services

    Doctors Open Medical Spa With Focus on Overall Wellness and Aesthetic Services

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    updated: Mar 21, 2019


    BATON ROUGE, La., March 21, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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    It’s a beautiful spa feeling with a traditional take on medicine. Two physicians, Neurosurgeon Robert S. Davis, MD, and Internal Medicine Physician Hema Edupuganti, MD, are looking forward to opening Nūr Medical Spa on March 25 and expanding their medical practices to include unique healing options.

    The ultimate focus of the spa will be total wellness including body improvement through weight loss and lifestyle changes as well as anti-aging treatments and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. Every service is designed to make women and men feel their most healthy.

    Drs. Davis and Edupuganti are excited to offer minimally invasive cosmetic procedures that will make clients look and feel better. “People can look great at any age,” says Dr. Davis. “I want them to look how they feel and have personalized care. We will really take time with our patients to understand their unique beauty and wellness concerns.”

    Nūr Medical Spa will offer other luxurious services as well, including facials, Botox treatments and dermal fillers, chemical peels, hair removal, skin tightening, UltraShape, and VelaShape. More services will be added at a later date, and all will focus on beauty and wellness.

    “This has been my dream for years,” Dr. Edupuganti says. “I want women and men to improve their confidence and self-esteem. This will allow them to think positively about themselves and enjoy their lives that much more.”

    The spa will offer 40 percent off laser treatments for any appointment booked from now to March 29. Customers may schedule the service to occur after those dates, but the appointment must be made within that date range to qualify for special pricing. Laser services include hair removal, laser skin tightening, laser spider vein treatment, laser facials and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL). All laser services at Nūr are to be performed with the most technologically advanced lasers available, providing their clients with fewer treatments and minimal discomfort.

    Located at 4309 Bluebonnet Boulevard, Nūr Medical Spa is now accepting appointments. Call (225) 255-2963 to schedule your first appointment.

    Source: Nūr Medical Spa

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